Boston Red Sox 3, Atlanta Braves 2 — May 16, 2026

Game Highlights

Published May 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B1	Drake Baldwin	Drake Baldwin homers (13) on a fly ball to center field.	BOS 0, ATL 1
T4	Masataka Yoshida	Braves challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Masataka Yoshida out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. Mickey Gasper scores.	BOS 1, ATL 1
B5	Drake Baldwin	Drake Baldwin singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. José Azócar scores. Drake Baldwin out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Jarren Duran to catcher Mickey Gasper to second baseman Marcelo Mayer.	BOS 1, ATL 2
T8	Willson Contreras	Willson Contreras homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. Wilyer Abreu scores.	BOS 3, ATL 2

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
ATL	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Red Sox AWAY 3

Payton Tolle started for Red Sox, leaving with a 3–2 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Payton Tolle Starter 8.0 85 2 3 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Payton Tolle threw

CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	38	45%	3	5	7	11	12
Cutter	21	25%	1	4	5	5	6
Sinker	18	21%	1	4	3	6	4
Curveball	6	7%	0	2	0	3	1
Changeup	2	2%	1	0	0	0	1

Aroldis Chapman Closer 1.0 20 0 0 SV

Braves HOME 2

Bryce Elder started for Braves, leaving trailing 2–3.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Bryce Elder Starter 8.0 103 3 3 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Bryce Elder threw

CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 69% 3.2 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sinker	38	37%	1	9	8	10	10
Four-Seam Fastball	23	22%	2	5	6	4	6
Slider	19	18%	3	1	2	7	6
Cutter	14	14%	0	1	3	5	5
Changeup	9	9%	1	0	1	5	2

Martín Pérez Reliever 1.0 14 0 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 8th · off Elder

Contreras HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · BOS

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Jarren Duran LF	4	0	1	0	1	.176	.238	.296	.534	2B
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	2	0	1	.307	.380	.470	.850	2B
Willson Contreras 1B	4	1	2	2	1	.252	.363	.464	.827	HR (9)
Masataka Yoshida DH	3	0	0	1	0	.260	.370	.312	.682
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	0	1	0	1	.283	.350	.434	.784	2B
Marcelo Mayer 2B	4	0	0	0	1	.225	.293	.325	.618
Andruw Monasterio SS	4	0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.400	.693
Caleb Durbin 3B	3	0	0	0	0	.165	.247	.245	.492
Mickey Gasper C	4	1	1	0	0	.381	.409	.476	.885

HOME · ATL

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Drake Baldwin DH	3	1	2	2	1	0	.304	.385	.549	.934	HR (13)
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.332	.458	.790
Matt Olson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.356	.601	.957
Mauricio Dubón LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.245	.305	.387	.692
Michael Harris II CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.301	.331	.500	.831
Ha-Seong Kim SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	.059	.111	.059	.170
Sandy León C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.572
José Azócar RF	3	1	2	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	2 2B
Austin Riley 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.283	.358	.641

Pitching lines

AWAY · BOS

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Payton Tolle	8.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	85	2.05	W
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	0.57	SV

HOME · ATL

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Bryce Elder	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	103	2.01	L
Martín Pérez	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	2.25

Manager comparison

AWAY · BOS

Chad Tracy

Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

HOME · ATL

Walt Weiss

Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · BOS

4-6 L2 +6 run diff

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HOME · ATL

3-6 L2 -21 run diff

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Season series: 1-2 with BOS listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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